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Covering the movement to end car dependency and improve biking, walking and transit in America.

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Kea Wilson is Senior Editor for Streetsblog USA. She has more than a dozen years experience as a writer telling emotional, urgent and actionable stories that motivate average Americans to get involved in making their cities better places. She is also a novelist, cyclist, and affordable housing advocate. She lives in St. Louis, MO. For tips, submissions, and general questions, reach out ther at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org,</a> on X at <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea,</a> or on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social">@keawilson.bsky.social.</a>

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Kea Wilson

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Post-COVID Car Sales Are on the Rise — Especially Sales of Trucks and SUVs

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Coronavirus

Three Signs This Might Be Micromobility’s Big Moment

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Children

Safe Routes to School Drops Recommendation of Police Enforcement

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Damien Newton

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Don’t Blame Protestors if COVID-19 Cases Spike

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New Trump Executive Order Will Pollute Black Communities

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Bike/Ped

CDC Revise Awful COVID-19 Commuting Recommendations, But They’re Still Not Great

Kristen Jeffers

Under the Banner of ‘Urbanism’: An Interview With Kristen Jeffers

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Car culture

Feds Seek Incentives to Encourage Driving (Which Will Accelerate the Other Pandemic — Traffic Violence)

Jarrett Walker is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy, based in Portland, Oregon.  He has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led numerous major planning projects in cities and towns of all sizes, across North America, Australia, and New Zealand.  He is also the author of Human Transit: How clearer thinking about public transit can enrich our communites and our lives (Island Press, 2011; updated edition, 2024). He is President of <a href="http://jarrettwalker.com/" target="_self" rel="noopener">Jarrett Walker + Associates</a>, a consulting firm that provides advice and planning services North America.

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Jarrett Walker

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Transit

Rush Hour Transit Demand Craters Due to COVID-19 — But Midday Demand Doesn’t

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Congestion

Congestion Pricing Can Be Built For Equity